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Edmond Jitangar
Goetbé Edmond Jitangar (born 2 November 1952 in Bokoro, Chad) is a Chadian Roman Catholic bishop. He was Bishop of the Sarh, from 1991 to 2016, and has been Metropolitan Archbishop of N'Djamena since 2016. Career Jitangar received the ordination to the priesthood on 30 December 1978. On 11 October 1991, Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of the Sarh. The prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Jozef Tomko announced his consecration to bishop. The consecration was completed by the bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Moundou, Mondou, Matthias N'Gartéri Mayadi and the emitted Bishop of Sarh, Henri Veniat Society of Jesus, SJ. Bishop Jitangar was named Metropolitan Archbishop-designate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of N'Djamena, Chad, by Pope Francis on Saturday, August 20, 2016, following the death of the previous Archbishop in 2013. Jitangar was installed as Metropolitan Archbishop of N'Djamena on 15 October 2016. References External links * En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monseigneur Edmond Djitangar (cropped)
Monseigneur (plural: Messeigneurs or Monseigneurs) is an honorific in the French language, abbreviated Mgr., Msgr. In English use it is a title before the name of a French prelate, a member of a royal family or other dignitary. Monsignor is both a title and an honorific in the Roman Catholic Church. In francophone countries, it is rendered ''Monseigneur'', and this spelling is also commonly encountered in Canadian English practice. In France, monsignori are not usually addressed as ''monseigneur'', but by the more common term ''monsieur l'abbé'', as are priests. History As early as the fourteenth century it was the custom to address persons high in rank or power with the title Monseigneur or Monsignore. Until the seventeenth century, French nobles demanded from their subjects and dependents the title of Monseigneur. In international intercourse two titles gradually won general recognition, "Monsieur" as the title of the eldest brother of the King of France (if not heir presump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |